1 Esdras 6:11

11 Then asked we these elders, saying, `By whose commandment build ye this house and lay the foundations of these works?'

1 Esdras 6:11 In-Context

9 building a house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones and the timber already laid upon the walls.

10 And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.

11 Then asked we these elders, saying, `By whose commandment build ye this house and lay the foundations of these works?'

12 Therefore, to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of those who were the chief doers and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.

13 So they gave us this answer: `We are the servants of the Lord who made heaven and earth.